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CHAPTER XII.—THE SENTENCE | |
| Page | |
| Penance not Punishment | 459 |
| Grades of Penance | 462 |
| Miscellaneous Penances | 463 |
| Flagellation | 464 |
| Pilgrimages | 465 |
| Crusades to Palestine | 466 |
| Wearing Crosses | 468 |
| Fines and Commutations | 471 |
| Unfulfilled Penance | 475 |
| Bail | 476 |
| Abuses.—Bribery and Extortion | 477 |
| Destruction of Houses | 481 |
| Arbitrary Penalties | 488 |
| Imprisonment | 484 |
| Troubles about the Expenses | 489 |
| Treatment of Prisoners | 491 |
| Comparative Frequency of Different Penalties | 494 |
| Modification of Sentences | 495 |
| Penitents never Pardoned, although Reprieved | 496 |
| Penalties of Descendants | 498 |
| Inquisitorial Excommunication | 500 |
CHAPTER XIII-CONFISCATION | |
| Origin in the Roman Law | 501 |
| The Church Responsible for its Introduction | 502 |
| Varying Practice in Decreeing it | 504 |
| Degree of Criminality Entailing it | 507 |
| Question of the Dowers of Wives | 509 |
| The Church Shares the Spoils in Italy | 510 |
| In France they are Seized by the State | 513 |
| The Bishops Obtain a Share | 514 |
| Rapacity of Confiscation | 517 |
| Alienations and Obligations Void | 522 |
| Paralyzing Influence on Commercial Development | 524 |
| Expenses of Inquisition, how Defrayed | 525 |
| Persecution Dependent on Confiscation | 529 |
